Get RecordType Name inside Trigger

When you are going through loop in a trigger you don’t have access to Record Type name like RecordType.Name, you can only access Id as RecordTypeId

1	trigger TriggerName on Account (after insert, after update) {

2	for (Account o : Trigger.new) {

3	type = o.RecordTypeId;

4

}

RecordTypeId works, because that’s the actual field on Account (a lookup to RecordType). And as with all lookup fields in a trigger, to get the related value, you need to query for it.

However, you can also use before your loop

1	Map<ID, Schema.RecordTypeInfo> rtMap = Schema.SObjectType.Account.getRecordTypeInfosById();

and then inside your loop:

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1	type = rtMap.get(o.RecordTypeId).getName();